1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 45A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Bill Schreiber (R) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Linda Scheid (D) by 6.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill SchreiberRepublican · winner
53.1%6,705
Linda ScheidDemocrat · incumbent
46.9%5,911
12,616 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET